Jury acquits sex offender; 2001-02 charges from Marlboro.
Byline: Elaine Thompson A Middlesex Superior Court jury yesterday acquitted a convicted sex offender on charges of disseminating harmful material to a minor and open and gross lewdness. He was accused of committing the crimes in Marlboro in 2001 and 2002. A mistrial was declared...

REGIONAL DIGEST.
COLUMN: REGIONAL DIGEST Railroad theft case ends in mistrial WORCESTER - The case of a West Brookfield man charged with theft of $239,614 from the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board has ended in a mistrial in U.S. District Court. Robert S. Tytula, of 21...

Christians urged to pray for justices handling Erap case.
The Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC) yesterday called on all Christians to pray for the Sandiganbayan so that its decision on the case of former President Joseph "Erap" Estrada will be fair and based on evidence. "Pray specifically for the special division of the Sandiganbayan that...

Third trial against Wyeth underway over HRT.
In the third hormone replacement therapy (HRT) case to get to trial, 71-year old Helene Rush alleges that her breast cancer diagnosed in 1999 is due to the fact that she took Prempro, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals" estrogen-progestin hormone therapy medication, for nearly ten years. Wyeth was intentionally "making...

BRIEFLY.
Byline: The Register-Guard Soldier who refused to serve in Iraq to speak An Army lieutenant who faces a court-martial for refusing to serve in Iraq will speak in Eugene on Saturday at an event organized in support of several causes. Lt....

Wyeth loses Prempro case.
A state court jury in Philadelphia found that Wyeth provided inadequate warnings on its drug Prempro and that the hormone therapy drug caused invasive breast cancer in Jennie Nelson, a 67-year-old Ohio woman. The jury of nine awarded Nelson damages of $2.4 million and an additional $600,000 to her...

FARO Vindicated by Mistrial Verdict in Patent Infringement Suit.
LAKE MARY, Fla., Dec. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FARO Technologies, Inc. today announced that the judge presiding over the ongoing '148 patent infringement case filed by Hexagon, AB, the Company's largest competitor, has declared a mistrial. "The court's decision makes it clear that Hexagon failed to prove their...

In $10 Billion Mistrial, Famed Attorney Willie Gary is Seeking $100 Million in Fines Against Motorola.
Judge Awards Monetary Sanctions against Motorola for Willful and Deliberate Violations Court Expresses Disgust with Motorola and its Legal Counsel's Behavior during Trial STUART, Fla., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- In what has been described as a major victory for famed trial attorney Willie Gary and...

Mistrial Declared in Case against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Judge Arthur M. Recht (Circuit Court of Ohio County, W. Va.) today declared a mistrial in the Blankenship case, a medical-monitoring suit brought by smokers who do not allege any present physical injury. The judge will hear arguments for decertification of...

Asbestos Contribution Case against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company is Dropped.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The Johns Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust (the Trust), plaintiffs in the Falise case, today dismissed their suit against the tobacco industry and gave up their right to file the suit again in the future. Falise was the first...